Character Clova Hisamatsu

Darth Ecclesia · Dec 26, 2022

Clova’s features are adorned with a pair of crimson amber doe-shaped eyes that gleam with a hidden depth of deep rooted determination and passion. Her lips are a painted shade of crimson and rest easily on her face. An eccentric and peculiar woman, she has a rather compelling aura that attracts attention and interest to her. She is always seen with her face and neck area powdered white in a traditional Atrisian fashion. The only other colours found on her face apart from her eyes are dabs of red cosmetics at the bottom edges of her eyes, along with a hint of red to accentuate her well trimmed eyebrows and deftly painted lips. Her ears are left unpainted as well as the rest of the other parts of her body. Her long black hair is either worn up and styled in the same traditional Atrisan fashion of her house, or worn loose and is always accompanied with several pieces of jewellery and/or flowers, although the latter is more common as of late. She stands at one hundred and seventy centimetres tall and weighs around a respectable sixty-two kilograms. Recently, she is also known to wear an elaborate headpiece and mask combination in public, her reasons for doing so unknown to anyone, and she is happy to keep it that way.

Clova is an extremely focus-driven individual, and not one to stagnate and laze around and is constantly moving around involving herself in some activity. Her resourcefulness is a key factor in helping her achieve her goals and objectives. Highly persistent, she does not give up once she has set her sights on something. She tries her best to stay calm and level-headed in crises in an attempt to harness the situation and turn the odds into her favour, but these attempts often fail as the impulsive side of her often takes over. A highly emotional individual, she is also known to be incredibly passionate about what she believes in. Armed with a fighting spirit, she’s not one to turn down a challenge and usually takes them up willingly and excitedly.

She always believes that you have to stand up for your beliefs and ideals, and that if you do not get something you want, that is because you are not trying hard enough and more effort is simply needed to get it. Clova can be loud when she needs to be, and equally fierce when the occasion calls for it to stand up for herself or others she cares about. Once her trust and loyalty is attained, they’ll find her to be stunningly loyal. Known to be incredibly stubborn, once she gets set in her ways, it is difficult to talk her out of doing something unless there is a very good reason for not doing so. She is known for her frequent mood swings and has a tendency to get angry and grumpy really quickly and for her quick temper to blow up out of nowhere. It can take quite a while for her to simmer down, although she is unlikely to forgive or forget.

+Highly Attuned Capability - Clova has always been proven to be a highly intelligent individual. She’s not one to indulge in idle chatter, so when she speaks, her words carry weight. Innately strong in the force, she is even stronger than she could even possibly know, but until she can find that special someone to unlock her innermost potential, her true capabilities remains locked within her.

+ Adaptable Learner - A quick and dedicated learner no matter the subject, difficulties and challenges do not faze her. Clova is always looking for opportunities to grow herself and her skills, be it in blaster training and handling, martial arts such as Teräs Käsi, or in her aptitude for force powers and lightsaber combat.

+ Highly strong-willed - Clova has a strong will and a deep inner fighting spirit that never allows her to give up, like a flame that never dies. This inner strength keeps her fighting through the toughest of adversities and challenges she has faced head on in her life so far.

+Keen Eyes - Highly observant and alert, she has always able to pick out the most minute of details that the average person would normally miss in an environment they found themselves new in. With a sharp eye for picking up on social cues and other such personality behaviours, she is especially proud of this trait.

-Highly Stubborn - It can take a lot of convincing and persuasion to get her to change her set of ways or for her to see the point once she has decided on something. Although it is not impossible, sometimes it’s just better for her to suffer a hard knock for her to learn her lesson especially if the consequences aren’t fatal.

-Grudgebearer - Although Clova’s loyalty is unshakeable once it is gained, once the trust is lost, it will be virtually impossible for it to be regained. Moving mountains would be easier.

- Untempered in Emotions - Clova has always had problems with her emotions. It had caused problems during her early childhood years, and it is still a problem now. Seeming to lack any sort of filter, she is prone to letting them overpower the logical part of her senses, fully relying on her feelings to make emotionally charged actions and decisions. These might often come with undesired dire consequences, but the benefits do show for themselves as seen in several occasions. Likely prone to being a loose cannon at times.

- Prone to Impulsivity - Ever since a young age, Clova has been plagued by impulsivity, acting on a whim, displaying behaviour with little or no thought or consideration for the consequences. Although this problem has considerably mellowed over the years as she grew and matured, it still exists and manifests itself in several occasions, the rashness in her always wanting to take the first step or make the first blow without a clear plan. Although this is something she is currently working on, it is a long and difficult process with a long journey ahead.

Telekinesis
Force Lightning
Force Enhanced Athleticism
Teräs Käsi
Force Stasis
Mind Probe
Force Shield

[This only lists her most frequently used Lightsaber forms. It is not a comprehensive list of every lightsaber form she knows.]

Ataru - Form IV
(The Way of the Hawk-Bat)

Shien - Form V
(The Way of the Krayt Dragon)

Clova wasn’t born with the name she now carries. She was born Tomoko Hisamatsu, a noble born into a wealthy and influential Atrisian noble family called House Hisamatsu. Her grandfather, Hojo Hisamatsu was an extremely successful warrior and businessman who built his clan and family riches up from scratch. The family lived a comfortable life, enjoying the riches and luxuries that came along with their social status within society. Despite many attempts by his son Kaito to have children, luck was not on his side.

It would only be five years after his marriage to his wife that the family would finally see a newborn enter the family. When Tomoko was born, the Hisamatsu clan threw a celebration for friends and family to welcome a child into the family at last. A year later, her brother, Hiroki was born. Coming from a line of talented warriors, it was thus no surprise to anyone that the children began training in martial arts and bladework as soon as they were old enough to begin training. When she first displayed her force sensitivity, her mother had suggested letting her train with the Jedi, but Kaito vehemently refused. Unlike most, he had never been fond of the Jedi order.

His reasons were never shared with anyone, and they were something that he had always kept to himself. It was assumed that only his father knew the real reason behind his son’s dislike for the Jedi. Kaito did not want his daughter becoming a Jedi in any shape or form. He eventually shut down his wife’s arguments saying that he would find some way to settle this and find her some training without turning to the Jedi.

Shortly after her fourteenth birthday in the beginning of the year, tragedy befell the Hisamatsu clan. One by one, the clan members and allies were systematically eliminated. When the army of assassins arrived at her home, the brave warriors of House Hisamatsu fought valiantly. Despite their superior skills in combat, all of them eventually succumbed against the overwhelming odds. Unlike the rest of her family who were slain, Tomoko was kept alive, and ultimately sold off into slavery. It was unknown who had hired the assassins, but many speculated that it was the work of Hojo Hisamatsu’s many rivals and enemies who were both jealous and envious of the clan's wide array of wealth, successes and possessions.

She continued her next phase of life as a slave in the harsh and unforgiving desert world of Tatooine. Like the rest of the other slaves, she was no longer referred to by her birth name. Anyone who continued to use and answer to their birth names were given severe floggings to discourage further disobedience. The slavers gave her a number, 69, and that was all she was referred to from then on. She gradually befriended a small group of other slaves, consisting of teenagers and older adults. They managed to form their own little team before their eventual separation by death or by being bought by their new masters.

Tomoko’s daily routine mainly involved traversing the scorching desert scavenging for supplies from thousands of years of crashed spacecraft and failed mining projects. These could prove to be highly dangerous as their most obvious competitors were the Jawas, Tusken Raiders and bandit gangs who did not take kindly to rivals fighting for their share of loot. Sent out on their lonesome, most do not ever make it back home, lost forever in the deserts, or killed by the beasts or the ever hostile Sand people. She had to fight to survive, as only the strongest will survive in such an unforgiving environment. On most days, she would only return just after dusk, leveraging on every single opportunity to bring in more scrap and salvage to trade for additional food.

One day, a black garbed individual from The Sith Order came for a visit. Turns out, it was more than a simple visit, and the Sith had come with a goal in mind. Her. After a rather lengthy talk behind closed doors with the slavers, she was told that she had been sold, and the Sith was her new master. It was also the beginning of a new life, a new chapter in her life. Leaving with the Sith only known as Darth Praxus, she was put through processing and began her training to become one of them. Her old number was thrown away, as a new name took its place. She took on a new first name, Clova, her best friend’s name before she was sold into slavery. She felt that this was the only way she will never forget the friend who had been vital in helping her get through this chapter of her life.

In the Sith Academy called the Palace of Silver Rain, as one of the many neophytes, she was put through a series of harsh and rigorous training, proving her worth every step of the way as she ascended the ranks through a combination of skills she had learnt from her former life, her sharp wit, iron-clad determination along with sheer hard work and effort. Clova had not survived to this day by taking it easy in life or living on a bed of roses.

Be it through anger, hatred or simply for a lust for power, she persevered. The training may have been tough and difficult, but she was used to life being tough and difficult, and it was simply more of the same, although the circumstances may be different this time around. For whatever reasons the Sith had seen in her, Clova was more than grateful to be given a chance to turn her life around for the better. She’d seen occasions too numerous to count, how important it was to have power and control in life, and now at last she finally had a hand and say on her own fate. After becoming a Sith Knight, she created a unique identity for herself, powdering her face and neck white while wearing the highly recognisable scarlet cosmetics in the traditional fashion of women in the Hisamatsu clan. According to the tradition, the white powder and makeup helped to enhance their skin tones and to contour their faces, making their features more prominent and recognisable. These made them peculiar among their peers and they were often ridiculed behind their backs. Even with this in mind, Clova resumed putting on the makeup once more, wearing it so often that she is rarely seen without it except in the most private of moments, and only those who had known her from either her slavery or academy days would recognise her without it. Clova has plans to re-establish her once great house again and make the Hisamatsu family name rise from the ashes, but she knows that this is a lofty ambition that will only be possible once she has acquired enough power and influence.

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